avenuen.

/ˈavɪnjuː/

Forms: Also 1600s advenue, avenew(e, avennue.

Etymology: < French avenue, noun from feminine past participle of avenir < Latin advenīre, < ad to + venīre to come (after which spelt advenue by some in 16–17th cent.). Occasionally, in 18th cent., accented aˈvenue.

†1. The action of coming to; approach. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun]

comeOE

comingc1300

upcomingc1330

visitinga1382

approachingc1386

approachment1544

approachc1555

access1577

avenue1639

accession1642

adition1727

oncoming1861

1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 23 The first heate you raise by your avenues and addresses will coole.

2. gen. A way of access or approach; a passage or path of entrance or exit. (Formerly a regular military term.) Now chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun]

patheOE

gangOE

gangwayOE

passagec1300

wenta1325

goingc1350

transit1440

way-wenta1450

accessa1460

traduct1535

conveyance1542

ancoming1589

passado1599

avenue1600

passageway?1606

pass1608

way-ganga1628

approach1633

duct1670

waygate?c1690

way-goa1694

vent1715

archway1802

passway1825

approach road1833

fairway1903

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. i. 917 Hermeum, where is the advenue [L. transitus] out of Bœotia into the Iland of Eubœa.

a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 26 Col. Legge..with the reere guarded the towne and avenews.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 86 With Holy Water, like a Slucce, To overflow all Avenues.

1800 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 577 It becomes incumbent on us to watch..this avenue to India.

1921 P. G. Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie i. 12 You did not irremediably close all avenues to a peaceful settlement.

1926 Sat. Rev. 16 Oct. 446/2 He..explores every avenue which may lead him to a point of vantage whence to view his life in its new meaning.

1927 Rev. Eng. Stud. Oct. 432 Our politicians are said to deal with dominant issues and to explore avenues.

figurative.1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 160 I have prevented thee (ô Fortune) I have stopped up all thy avenewes.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 8 To whom we dare not think the advenue's of eternal blessednesse precluded.c1742 C. Wesley in R. Southey Wesley (1846) I. xiii. 370 (note) Guard each avenue to thy flutt'ring heart, And act the sister's and the Christian's part.1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §9. 697 To Scotland the Union opened up new avenues of wealth.

3. The chief approach to a country-house, usually bordered by trees; hence, any broad roadway bordered or marked by trees or other objects at regular intervals. Sometimes used of the trees alone, with tacit disregard of the road they overshadow.The current literal sense, apparently introduced by Evelyn.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > between lines of persons or things > between lines of trees

avenue1664

allée1759

coffee-walk1832

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > bordered by trees or other objects

avenue1664

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > leading to a house

private road1652

avenue1664

drive1780

carriage drive1800

carriage sweep1800

sweep1811

driveway1824

wheel-sweep1833

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva Advt. That this may yet be no prejudice to the meaner capacities let them read for avenue, the principal walk to the front of the house, or seat.

1669 J. Worlidge Dict. Rusticum in Systema Agric. 267 Avenues, Ways or Passages, or Rows or Walks of Trees.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 134 The avenue ungracefull, & the seate naked.

1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iv. 41 Drawn by the Appearance of your handsome House..and walking up the Avenue.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. xii. 240 Arthur Donnithorne passed, under an avenue of limes and beeches.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. iv. 87 The avenue of sphinxes leading to the huge gateway.

4. A fine wide street. (Used esp. in U.S.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > wide

boulevard1769

avenue1780

1780 J. Mason in Boston Orat. (1785) 135 Till oppression stalked at noonday through every avenue in your cities.

1799–1801 Deb. Congr. (1851) 1336 Four thousand five hundred of which lots shall be to the southwest of Massachusetts avenue.

1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 147 Only the leading avenues were marked out and graded.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 17 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 482 They hardly..look like streets at all, but, nevertheless, have names printed on the corners, just as if they were stately avenues.

a1885 Mod. Northumberland Avenue leading to the Thames Embankment.

1891 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives (new ed.) 160 East of Second Avenue and west of Ninth Avenue as far up as the Park.

1901 Munsey's Mag. 24 530/1 Somewhat wider streets, termed ‘avenues’.

5. The ambulacrum or double row of pores for the protrusion of the tube feet in sea urchins.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > member of (sea-urchin) > parts of > ambulacrum

avenue1841

1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 152 There are five pairs of avenues; they run from mouth to anus.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 141 Along the medial line of each radial avenue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	avenue
释义	avenuen. /ˈavɪnjuː/ Forms: Also 1600s advenue, avenew(e, avennue. Etymology: < French avenue, noun from feminine past participle of avenir < Latin advenīre, < ad to + venīre to come (after which spelt advenue by some in 16–17th cent.). Occasionally, in 18th cent., accented aˈvenue. †1. The action of coming to; approach. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] comeOE comingc1300 upcomingc1330 visitinga1382 approachingc1386 approachment1544 approachc1555 access1577 avenue1639 accession1642 adition1727 oncoming1861 1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 23 The first heate you raise by your avenues and addresses will coole. 2. gen. A way of access or approach; a passage or path of entrance or exit. (Formerly a regular military term.) Now chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] patheOE gangOE gangwayOE passagec1300 wenta1325 goingc1350 transit1440 way-wenta1450 accessa1460 traduct1535 conveyance1542 ancoming1589 passado1599 avenue1600 passageway?1606 pass1608 way-ganga1628 approach1633 duct1670 waygate?c1690 way-goa1694 vent1715 archway1802 passway1825 approach road1833 fairway1903 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. i. 917 Hermeum, where is the advenue [L. transitus] out of Bœotia into the Iland of Eubœa. a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 26 Col. Legge..with the reere guarded the towne and avenews. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 86 With Holy Water, like a Slucce, To overflow all Avenues. 1800 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 577 It becomes incumbent on us to watch..this avenue to India. 1921 P. G. Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie i. 12 You did not irremediably close all avenues to a peaceful settlement. 1926 Sat. Rev. 16 Oct. 446/2 He..explores every avenue which may lead him to a point of vantage whence to view his life in its new meaning. 1927 Rev. Eng. Stud. Oct. 432 Our politicians are said to deal with dominant issues and to explore avenues. figurative.1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 160 I have prevented thee (ô Fortune) I have stopped up all thy avenewes.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 8 To whom we dare not think the advenue's of eternal blessednesse precluded.c1742 C. Wesley in R. Southey Wesley (1846) I. xiii. 370 (note) Guard each avenue to thy flutt'ring heart, And act the sister's and the Christian's part.1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §9. 697 To Scotland the Union opened up new avenues of wealth. 3. The chief approach to a country-house, usually bordered by trees; hence, any broad roadway bordered or marked by trees or other objects at regular intervals. Sometimes used of the trees alone, with tacit disregard of the road they overshadow.The current literal sense, apparently introduced by Evelyn. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > between lines of persons or things > between lines of trees avenue1664 allée1759 coffee-walk1832 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > bordered by trees or other objects avenue1664 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > leading to a house private road1652 avenue1664 drive1780 carriage drive1800 carriage sweep1800 sweep1811 driveway1824 wheel-sweep1833 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva Advt. That this may yet be no prejudice to the meaner capacities let them read for avenue, the principal walk to the front of the house, or seat. 1669 J. Worlidge Dict. Rusticum in Systema Agric. 267 Avenues, Ways or Passages, or Rows or Walks of Trees. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 134 The avenue ungracefull, & the seate naked. 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iv. 41 Drawn by the Appearance of your handsome House..and walking up the Avenue. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. xii. 240 Arthur Donnithorne passed, under an avenue of limes and beeches. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. iv. 87 The avenue of sphinxes leading to the huge gateway. 4. A fine wide street. (Used esp. in U.S.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > wide boulevard1769 avenue1780 1780 J. Mason in Boston Orat. (1785) 135 Till oppression stalked at noonday through every avenue in your cities. 1799–1801 Deb. Congr. (1851) 1336 Four thousand five hundred of which lots shall be to the southwest of Massachusetts avenue. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 147 Only the leading avenues were marked out and graded. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 17 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 482 They hardly..look like streets at all, but, nevertheless, have names printed on the corners, just as if they were stately avenues. a1885 Mod. Northumberland Avenue leading to the Thames Embankment. 1891 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives (new ed.) 160 East of Second Avenue and west of Ninth Avenue as far up as the Park. 1901 Munsey's Mag. 24 530/1 Somewhat wider streets, termed ‘avenues’. 5. The ambulacrum or double row of pores for the protrusion of the tube feet in sea urchins. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > member of (sea-urchin) > parts of > ambulacrum avenue1841 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 152 There are five pairs of avenues; they run from mouth to anus. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 141 Along the medial line of each radial avenue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). avenuev. Etymology: < avenue n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈavenue. To make into an avenue; to form avenues in; to line. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [verb (transitive)] > make into an avenue avenue1865 1865 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 224 The too-fragrant exotics which avenue its lengths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1600v.1865
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